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Opinions on '71 Cutlass grille & headlight bezels
April 6th, 2013, 06:33 PM
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Opinions on '71 Cutlass grille & headlight bezels
When I bought my '71 Cutlass Supreme convertible last year, the previous owner had painted the grilles and headlight bezels black. I like the black and won't take it back to gray. I may even put 442 grilles in it in the coming years. The black is flaking off, so:
1. Should I keep the grilles all black, or just the center black with gray border like the 442 grilles.
2. Do you like the black headlight bezels like the '72 442, or cleaned up and silver like it's supposed to be, like the '71 442?
Picture 1 is my car
Picture 2 shows the 1971 442 grille and headlight bezels
Picture 3 shows the 1972 442 grille and headlight bezels
Sorry if #2 and #3 belong to anyone on here, I pulled them from Google.
1. Should I keep the grilles all black, or just the center black with gray border like the 442 grilles.
2. Do you like the black headlight bezels like the '72 442, or cleaned up and silver like it's supposed to be, like the '71 442?
Picture 1 is my car
Picture 2 shows the 1971 442 grille and headlight bezels
Picture 3 shows the 1972 442 grille and headlight bezels
Sorry if #2 and #3 belong to anyone on here, I pulled them from Google.
April 6th, 2013, 08:00 PM
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April 6th, 2013, 11:14 PM
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Since your asking,if it were my car I would go back to the factory gray grills and silver headlight bezels.
If your going to keep the black grill,it probably would look better with gray border.
If you go with black headlight bezels,at least clean up the edges so they are silver like the original 72 bezels.
The solid black bezels look bad.
Just my personal opinion.
If your going to keep the black grill,it probably would look better with gray border.
If you go with black headlight bezels,at least clean up the edges so they are silver like the original 72 bezels.
The solid black bezels look bad.
Just my personal opinion.
April 7th, 2013, 07:03 AM
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April 7th, 2013, 05:58 PM
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Yes, I agree. The black boot looks horrible. It was there when I bought it and just haven't changed it yet, but I plan to change the boot to the proper Sienna color. Picture #3 is a different car, not mine. I just used Picture #3 as a reference pic for the grille idea.
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